Frank Kingdon Ward's Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Cox , from a family of writers, plant hunters, nurserymen and world experts on rhododendrons, runs the family horticultural business in Scotland. He has travelled extensively and led two expeditions to Yunnan, China, and five to Tibet in search of plants. Kenneth R. Storm, Jr. has explored Mexican gorges, the Colorado Plateau, the Green and Colorado Rivers, the western Himalayan region of Ladakh and has made five journeys to the Tsangpo gorges. Ian Baker has written extensively on the art and culture of Tibet and the Himalayas. He has made eight expeditions into the region of the Tsangpo Gorges following pilgrimage routes described in ancient Tibetan texts. Klappentext First published in 1926, this is the fascinating account of plant-hunter and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward's most important epedition. Kenneth Cox, Kenneth Storm, Jr., and Ian Baker have spent the last fifteen years retracing Ward's route. Zusammenfassung First published in 1926, this is the fascinating account of plant-hunter and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward's most important expedition. Kenneth Cox, Kenneth Storm, Jr., and Ian Baker have spent the last fifteen years retracing Ward's route.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Baker, Kenneth Cox, Frank Kingdon, Ken Storm, Ken Storm Jr, Ken Storm Jr.
• Publisher: Antique Collector's Club
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2008
• EAN: 9781851495160
• ISBN: 978-1-85149-516-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 298 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic